H.M.S. Scourge (1910)

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H.M.S. Scourge (1910)
Pendant Number: D.96 (Feb 1915)
H.8A (Oct 1918)[1]
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Company[2]
Ordered: 1908-09 Programme[3]
Launched: 11 Feb, 1910[4]
Completed: Aug, 1910[5]
Sold: May, 1921[6]

H.M.S. Scourge was one of sixteen destroyers of the Beagle class.

Service

In mid-1913, she was operating with Third Destroyer Flotilla.[7]

Lieutenant-Commander Henry de B. Tupper commanded her while she covered the landings at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli.[8]

At Suvla Bay on 6-7 August, 1915, Scourge worked with five other Beagles and Arno to tow troop barges in.[9]

Captains

Dates of appointment are provided when known.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Dittmar; Colledge. British Warships 1914–1919. p. 60.
  2. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  3. March. British Destroyers. p. 101.
  4. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  5. Friedman. British Destroyers. p. 306.
  6. Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. pp. 73-74.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 373.
  8. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 112.
  9. Smith. Hard Lying. p. 113.
  10. Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
  11. The Navy List. (April, 1911). p. 373. 26 August given here.
  12. Sulivan Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/250. f. 283.
  13. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  14. The Navy List. (June, 1914). p. 372.
  15. Gibbs Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/57/166. f. 371.
  16. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 397w.
  17. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 397w.
  18. Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
  19. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 905.
  20. Hassard-Short Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/230. f. 276.
  21. Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/23. f. 23.
  22. Bird Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/154/23. f. 23.

Bibliography


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